Source: Rediff GANDHINAGAR, INDIA, September 26, 2002: They are the unknown and unsung heroes, the few brave men who made a real difference in containing the massacre at the Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar, Gujarat: police officers who crawled into the temple to take on the terrorists in the middle of the night; commandos martyred even as they helped finish off…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 25, 2002: Temples and other places of worship across the country are under tight security following the terrorist attack at the Swaminarayan Temple in Gandhinagar. Keeping in mind the recent riots in Gujarat after the Godhra train massacre, the Army has deployed 3,000 personnel to sensitive areas of Gujarat as a precaution against…
GO TO SOURCE PUNE, INDIA, September 22, 2002: The entire city came out on the streets on Friday afternoon to bid farewell to Lord Ganesha, and patiently waited until the early hours of Saturday when the last idol was immersed. The procession began after mayor Deepti Chaudhari performed puja (worship) of the first Ganapati exactly at noon at the historic…
GO TO SOURCE DHAKA, BANGLADESH, September 25, 2002: A four member United States congressional team is in Dhaka to investigate reports of attacks on Hindus living in Bangladesh. The delegation will submit a report to the International Affairs Committee of the U.S. Congress by October 3 in Washington D.C. The team, which arrived here Monday, will meet Hindus who were…
GO TO SOURCE ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, September 19, 2002: Considering the beauty business has become such a regular stomping ground for Indians, Bharata Natyam at the Miss America Pageant was bound to happen sooner or later. It arrived in grace in Atlantic City Wednesday night when Shoha Kirti Parekh, 24, performed Bharata Natyam in the talent section of the…
Source: HPI GANDHINAGAR, INDIA, September 25, 2002: In response to our urgent inquiry, HPI received the following message from the Swaminarayan Center in Gandhinagar, “We thank you for your concern. You would already know that the incident has ended and the two terrorists have been killed by the army. Pramukh Swami Maharaj has prayed for the souls of the dead…
GO TO SOURCE WASHINGTON, DC, September 25, 2002: Hours after the massacre of some 30 devotees in Gujarat, hundreds of disciples gathered for prayers at Swaminarayan temples across the United States, where the group has a wide following, while President Bush and his administration strongly condemned the murderous attack. The most prominent meeting was at the Swaminarayan Sanstha Temple in…
Source: Press Release NEW YORK, NEW YORK, September 25, 2002: Some Hindus have expressed concern about the screening of the film, “Saffron Warriors,” scheduled for Barnard College of Columbia University, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY, Room 304, Barnard Hall, at 6:00 pm on September 27. The 23-minute film by Elizabeth Jones is described by the college: “The documentary is on…
GO TO SOURCE SUVA, FIJI, September 20, 2002: High school students and teachers have called on the Ministry of Education to incorporate Fiji Hindi into the curriculum. The teachers said the use of pure Hindi by radio stations at times raises a number of questions one, of which being, “Is every Indo-Fijian here able to understand the use of pure…
Source: gomemphis.com MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, September 19, 2002: For more than a year, Loganathan Chinnasamy and his crew have labored at the Indian Cultural Center’s temple in Eads, Tennessee. The nine men left their homes in India to decorate a Hindu house of worship modeled after one of their homeland’s most revered temples, Sri Venkateswara in Thirumala. While the Hindu Temple…